Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27


Industries i tno pEfas1ounf qnssff1n IN
Amexioan poizaies. Tbs p1ntn fansa ars.
s1d fhe kspablieans nag ae weE iook
them 10 ihs face. shas thssn has heen So
eniRFataan q ss0e EftE teoaasna Ia
pgbiiaars from oas p9Fsg mo tbs y o.
oc<a1ie o. ia1epeueant eaEzp 20 ae1o1nf
o. fra trade. and reTbaps eyen nssss--
and TIE Rast az this enatgrafioa has
bsan IN ths dgabsf1i ss4esa. Is wAs ng1
a suti Baine bat free trsds bolt. ead
Iook apsn lzkas paff q J. - beinz
asrmzneat. Ims party musf Feo0up
izasff Tor enah losses, aud 30 10 20 VII
have 20 anin Profession Dsmosf4ta.
Hi4fae Il sha saan, 80 the aHoo1tEenf
81 f1s profession fbssFy and American
fdsas and inssFssts asnsfaify. who eeuld
hest Do thia. II u sirnpis qsesti0n q
oaIiftc4i srithmefio. kog % gain ths
pFntsoti0s Democrats 20 m.ka np frR
ths iaas ~ the Fses Trade krpuhiisans.
Mr.. Blame 90 sganiiy gross "a strength
4ls0 becanss be b 20 th0rc1Rhly Anerl-
csn II al his eoaitiona. Oar people are
BEGINNING 20 liks better sad bsttsr the
AmsFlesn statssmsn whs ara aiastnei
fseiy American, SD Who apply their
livss aod easrts 20 Amegiesu int rests
~ aRainst foreign IN every good sense.
Il NN|Us W4lM EAAEA NA84 MAAa - ~ >
l has recovered % the party sbe gr0and
| lost fhroauh hia candidacy By tbe alien
stiou Of esFtAin elements Ia lso4f
Mr.. Clarkssa--I believe that be has
reeovered the maia elements that wsrs
aliematsd. h has nos recovered the
free fraders and she 'Ree tFads papsFs
wao boiled aim. not beeAuse be vas
I Ar. Blaine, bas becansa be stood on the
pfosection plank Of tie National plat
fern. Ne Rspabiisan piper bogtsd hirn
Ia 1854 whion vas uoi more for free
trade than it Wss for The Republican
party. Not single o1s Of taeas papers
that boiled hin fog site free tFads Fea-
ssa, has gwen q loyal ssDpoFt 20 the
uarty or aay party ticket since. when
free trade Il not involved they may zap
bort Rspnblican tickets, or they may
support { Republican candidate uhom
they know 20 Be- for frea trade, bat they
have not supported she Republican party
ID ANY prsteosi0n position, or as 10 aay
candidate IN favor Of pfstectisn since
1884. nor do believe they will IN 1883
10 Rea fbess free trade votes back the
party would have TO ebangs lie platform
AZ we'll as ils candidate.
R.-HAss Won any theory ~ 10 the
main reasons for the elimination Of tbs
Republican vote IN 1854 ~ compared
eth former yeaFsf
Mr.. ClaEkaon-I think thsEe were two
main reasons. ard they are both in
vowed In free trade. fIfsl, the conver-
sion Of many Republicans 10 the free
trade theory, which has logically made
ihem ANTAGONISTS ts The paFty's posi-
siun in favor Of protection. Second,
and still more effective 10 diminishing
our party vote, has been the alienation
OF dsseFtion Of Republican papers on
account Of the theories. or, ~ least, BY
ire Influences Of free trade. The Re-
publican party has strangely weakened
/ % ia press In the laat four or i've years.
10 New YORK city, where the great ma
/ iority Of papers used 10 be Republican,
there are nov left bat two or three he
pahliaan papers. The Times, the Epea-
iaq Post, Hayper's WesklH, the New
York fmdepsadsHf, the Nafsoa and the
/ Commercial advertiser used 70 be all
strongly Republican. willis TIE Herald
vas 70 neatTal that IL often leaned 10 the
Republican side. Now We have left
thsre pranticallv emily the Tribuas end
the MAI aad Express. In Boston and
New EsaIsnd the party has lost still
more largely In influential papers. The
same IL relatively true IN nearly every
large city Of the country. do not be
Iieye u an ovsFestinste 20 say that six
millions II copies of papers weekly ara
now circulating from Sue larger cities
aud advocating free trade and opposing
the Republican party that used to be
stroRgly Republican. A oarefal estt-
mate would raise this rather than lower
/ IL. Tots change Of millions Of papeFs
read daily oannot help but change many
votes. I do not kno~ Of q single city
/ Ia the eanntFy where there has not been
a loss IN Rspnbiicaa newspaper ciFeula-
/ ton. uslessi Il be ~ Chicsgo. Tits l.
true through the Middle States and tbs
! Pacific Coat, while 10 the Southern
States, where there used 20 be strong
/ Republican papers, SCARCELY one 70 left.
| Zoe Democrats, or rather the Free
Traders. have managed these things
more wisely than the k8pubiioan party
has. and | believe that II has bsen
through its shresdness IN this respsos
very largely that she II ,pablioan mailr-
tiles have been so materially dimia-
ished.
R-Do understand your view Of Mr.
Blaine's position 20 be, that be wonld
prefer 10 ssoFIfee aBythiEg like PER
sonsl ambition. II by doing 80 be could
add harmony TO bis Fsr;yg
Mr., Clsrkson-I certainly believe 50.
After nfteen years % acqusintsncs with
hin, am snge be has no desire TO lead
the party. except IN q successful eight.
and am sqaaily sure, that he puts parry
success above personal ambition.
have reasons for knowing that much Of
the popular estimate OF Mr.. Blaine's |
anxiety to be President, IL incorrect.
49, 49, ~ L..
anxi0as for the nomination in 1854 was |
unfouRded. he did not want the |
nominatsun, and wtete letters 10 this |
State aud 10 Others plainly saying 90. |
he did net thiak the party would |
dominate him and did not desire Il. So /
far from managing State Convention
81 directing his friends IN the National |
conYention, be took no part in either OF /
any. There waa ne eonfeFenca What /
ever between htm and his supporters /
daring the ten days Of the contest al the |
National conventions. He vas nomi- |
mated without any assistance from hiui-
sels and without any anxiety on bis |
part.
RI gather from what you have said |
thai Mr.. Allison IL yeur personal ckciea /
as yell as the pFobabls choios OF the |
Republican party OF IoWaf
Mr.. Ciafkson-I viii have % ansWer |
this With some Qualification. My per
senAl seoice for President for fitteen /
years has been Mr.. Blaine, and Is vet, |
or vould be. II be we're a candidate, |
and u be eoncnseed With his friends In /
thinking that the party voald be the /
better served BY his candidacy than any /
other. | consider him tbs best nan IN /
Am@FicA fos Prssideai, and personally |
toink Be would he tse strongest candi |
date. Next 10 Mr.. Blaine. Woald b |
sstiaaed With either senator Allison OF 4
Jadse Miller, There can be no esndios /
between these tive, however, aud Isuans /
would emily have tbe choice 81 support |
ire The enc or the other, vho shoald Ne /
: candidate, - both Woail not be cAndi- |
dates.
R-Do yea know % any other Il spub. /
hoAn more hAely ls receive the nomtn |
alton than Senator Allison, not consider |
ING Mr., Rlsineg
Nj. CArksoR--i should consider Mr.. |
Ailissn's chances the best. John Shsf-
mAn ts presented ~ tie other probable /
caDetdats. and u very actively erSAnlx- |
inc his forces ~ the pFessat time. aud |